International Project Management

Compentency	Breaking down a project into its basic elements and assessing its intercultural aspects
Module type	elective module
Semester	summer
Site	Kassel
Language	English
Workload	60 hours course attendance; 40 hours self-study
Credits points	4
Recommended qualifications	none

After the successful participation in the course International Project Management the students are able to:

break down a project into its basic elements
identify specific needs and targets of international projects
investigate success factors for executing RE projects, specifically in the development cooperation between Germany and Arab countries

Defining the terms project and project management
Cases where project management is necessary and reasonable
Project objectives, - organisation, - execution
Exemplary international projects:
- forms, specifics and success factors
- preparation
- team building

Intercultural Communication

After the successful participation in the course Intercultural Communication the students are enabled to:

meta-cognitively reflect communication relevant factors in perception and assessment of situations and critical incidents in every day- and project-related communication,
monitor the personal adaptation process,
generate a portfolio of tools for an empathic approach to effectively communicate and work in intercultural teams.

Intercultural and communication models like E.T. Hall, Hofstede, Schulz von Thun, and others o (auto) biography o cross-cultural analysis o cultural self-analysis of differences
Situated, contextualized and dynamic issues: considering events, phenomena, people etc. as differing and changing along different cultures and different times, culture shock model
Learning and working in an intercultural environment:
- perception, assessment, inference
- learning diary
- core topic: creative activities on intercultural communication competence
- scientific writing (perspective of the self and other, testimonials, critical incidents)
Communicating issues of RE in a global world considering local and global knowledge